Category Archives: My Story

The Black and Blue Ghost: Part 1

Continued from this previous installment As well, it is recommended to read Part 1 of Workshy Joe’s series ‘Men Who Go Ghost’, which inspired this series As I mentioned in my introduction to this series, I have already been living … Continue reading

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The Black and Blue Ghost: Introduction (to a semi-regular series)

Recently at his blog The Unambitious Male, Workshy Joe published an interesting and thought-provoking series of posts that was prompted by a reader’s request to “write about the MGTOW”. For the unfamiliar, MGTOW is short for Men Going Their Own … Continue reading

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‘Limitless’ lives

Earlier this week, I saw the new film Limitless that stars Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Abbie Cornish. Adapted from the Alan Glynn novel The Dark Fields, Limitless tells the story of Eddie Morra (Cooper), a depressed and frustrated … Continue reading

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One does not simply walk into the Piccadilly Motor Inn (Part Two)

Part One I have a lot of fondness for Wollongong, but as I came in from the west I was dismayed. Starting in the late 1980s, but especially since the major Australian recession of the early 1990s, Wollongong has suffered. … Continue reading

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One does not simply walk into the Piccadilly Motor Inn (Part One)

I spent most of my childhood and teens in a couple of towns around Wollongong, a major city south of Sydney. One night back in 2007 or 2008, I was chatting on Facebook with a friend who still lived near … Continue reading

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Child-free

Like many folks, I have regrets about some of the decisions I’ve made in life – but there are two that I will never regret. One of those decisions was made in my late teens, when after some serious thought … Continue reading

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I don’t feel like dancing

Last weekend, I did something that I hadn’t done since 10 June 2003. I went to a wedding reception. As well as being an event I don’t often experience, this latest case of a friend tying the knot had special … Continue reading

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The 10-Year Plan

Recently at his blog, Roosh posted the interesting and thought-provoking entry What Is Your Project? about challenging, improving and growing yourself. After Roosh explains why it’s important and rewarding to keep taking that one step further in your life, he … Continue reading

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“ENOUGH!”

WARNING! The following post contains coarse language that may offend some readers and attract others From 1989 to 1991, I went to university in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It was a very interesting and life-changing experience, especially as … Continue reading

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One fingernail at a time

Ever since I was a kid, I have bitten my fingernails. A couple of times during childhood, my parents tried coating my fingernails with a foul-tasting deterrent called Bansuk – but despite its awful taste, I kept on biting. A … Continue reading

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